The United States has experienced the largest decline in prescription drug costs in 60 years.
Posted by Speaker Mike Johnson, Checked Updated
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 11, 2026The sources consistently report that US prescription drug prices fell 3.1% in the year ending July 2026, the steepest annual decline since 1963 per BLS CPI data, and FactCheck.org confirms this as true. The sources dispute what caused the drop, but the claim asserts only the decline itself, so the disputed attribution does not contradict it.
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… We have reassuring of manufacturing for the US Made in the USA is a thing again. We cut all the taxes on tips and overtime and save seniors taxes on Social Security. I mean it just goes on and on and on. And we have a lot that we're very proud of. Louis. Biggest decline in prescription drug costs in 60 years. I mean, that's because elections have consequences. That's because we ran on promises and we kept those promises and it wasn't enough in this election cycle. But there's ebbs and flows in politics in America. …
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Washington Post reports that prescription drug prices fell 3.1% in the year ending July, the steepest annual decline since 1963, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data.[3]
Supports. FactCheck.org states it is true that prescription drugs have seen the largest one-year price decline in decades, as measured by the BLS Consumer Price Index.[1]
Supports. The White House primary release describes the drop as the largest annual decline in more than 60 years, the steepest since 1963, matching the claim's scope.[2]
Context. Experts attribute the decline to factors including generics, GLP-1 market pressures, and the Biden-era Medicare drug negotiation policy, and dispute the Trump administration's credit; this bears on causation, not on whether the decline occurred.[1][4][5]
Context. The claim's wording matches the post's 'Biggest decline in prescription drug costs in 60 years,' and the decline refers to the national BLS measure, so the extraction does not add content.[3][4]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Trump Claims Credit for Drug Price Decline. Experts Say It's More Complicated.factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2President Trump Delivers Largest Prescription Drug Price Drop ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 ...washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 yearseu.detroitnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Drug Prices Falling at Record Ratesnewser.com · not rated · cited for: context
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- Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · “the largest decline in prescription drug costs in 60 years”Post →
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